What is the Hebrew title for the book of Numbers?

Answer 1

The Hebrew names for the books of The Bible are not translations of the English names. In Hebrew, books are usually named after their first significant word or words. The first word in the Book of Numbers is Bemidbar (במדבר) which means "In the desert of...".

So, the Hebrew name for the Book of Numbers is Bemidbar.

Answer 2

Hebrew books do not have actual titles. They are identified instead by using the first significant word or words of the first sentence. In the original Hebrew text of the book of Numbers, the first significant word in verse 1:1 is "bemidbar" (במדבר) which means "in the wilderness of".

The verse below shows the word used for the title of the book of numbers:

And the ETERNAL spoke unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying:

וַיְדַבֵּר ה׳ אֶל-מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְבַּר סִי×?Ö·×™ בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁ×?Ö´×™ בַּשָּׁ×?ָה הַשֵּׁ×?ִית לְצֵאתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לֵאמֹר

Answer 3

The Hebrew names for the books of the Bible are not translations of the English names. In Hebrew, books are usually named after their first significant word or words. The first word in the Book of Genesis is Bereshit (בראשית) which means "upon beginning" (commonly translated as "in the beginning).

So, the Hebrew name for the Book of Genesis is Bereshit.

Answer 4

Be'midbar (במדבר) is the Hebrew title for the book of Numbers which means "in the wilderness of".